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ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Etisalat on Saturday announced the launch of ‘Roam Like Home’ (RLH) services that enable Freedom postpaid customers to continue enjoying local allowances while travelling outside the country. With Etisalat’s new roaming options, customers can enjoy a seamless roaming experience. Freedom postpaid customers can choose from Data only at AED100, Voice only at AED200, and Voice ...

New Delhi / WAM The UAE Ambassador to India, Dr Ahmed Abdulrahman Al Banna, has met with India’s new Minister for Civil Aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri, and discussed pressing issues relating to cooperation between the two countries in civil aviation. This was the first face-to-face interaction from the UAE side with a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of ...

Sofia / WAM Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Boyko Borissov met His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. During the meeting which came as part of Sheikh Abdullah’s state visit to Bulgaria, Borissov and Sheikh Abdullah discussed bilateral relations between the UAE and Bulgaria and ways to enhance them in a number of ...

LUXEMBOURG / WAM Obaid bin Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, met his counterpart Harris Georgiades, Minister of Finance of Cyprus, to discuss ways of enhancing cooperation between the two friendly countries, which extends for more than 50 years. The meeting was held during a visit by a UAE Ministry of Finance (MoF), delegation to Luxembourg. During ...

Sofia / WAM Actors that seek to destabilise the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) with their backwards, extremist stances, impede the region’s ultimate development goals, said HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. “We depend on friendly nations, like that of Bulgaria, to confront with us the fascist regimes that seek to ...

Sofia / WAM The Bulgarian Foreign Minister hailed the opening of the UAE embassy in Bulgaria as a step forward toward further bolstering trade, economic, and investment relations between the two countries. In statements to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), on the sidelines of the Sixth News Agencies World Congress in the Bulgarian capital Sophia, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM As the UAE and Germany intensify bilateral cooperation following the visit of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, to Germany this week, Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, is celebrating 15 years of service to Germany. The airline ...

Dubai / WAM Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), has announced its offering facilities to obtain long term visas for its customers in a bid to attract and retain high calibre talent within the UAE. The move is in line with Resolution No. 56 of 2018, passed by the UAE Cabinet and issued as a decree by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed ...

Bloomberg WeWork Cos. is considering a deal to take majority control of its India affiliate, according to people familiar with the matter, a deal that would allow the shared-office startup to consolidate financial results from the fast-growing unit as it prepares for an initial public offering this year. The New York-based company is in talks to buy around 70% of ...

Bloomberg India is seeking to raise tariffs on a slew of products imported from the US starting next week, just days ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo aimed at deepening defense and energy ties between the two nations. The decision to impose tariffs on as many as 29 products will be announced, said senior officials ...